Meaning of twiddle your thumbs In English

• 0 to do nothing for a period of time, usually while you are waiting for something to happen:

  • I arrived early for the meeting so I was twiddling my thumbs for half an hour.

• 1 to do nothing, usually while you are waiting for something to happen:

  • She put me on hold and left me to twiddle my thumbs for ten minutes until she got back to me.